http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Resophonic Posts tagged with 'Resophonic' at MetaFilter. Tue, 26 Mar 2002 22:59:15 -0800 Tue, 26 Mar 2002 22:59:15 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/15837/ <a href="http://www.mphase.com/planetd2.htm">Welcome to Planet Dobro!</a> – The origins of bottleneck blues, bluegrass dobro and the pedal steel guitar all begin in <a href="http://www.mhs.mendocino.k12.ca.us/MenComNet/Business/Retail/Larknet/ArtHawaiian">Hawaiian steel guitar</a>, popularized by the <a href="http://perso.wanadoo.fr/swer/english.knutsen.weiss.html">Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915</a>, the <a href="http://www.garlic.com/~tgracyk/ferera.htm">78 rpm record </a>and the introduction of the National, and later Dobro guitars, invented by <a href="http://www.mphase.com/emsidebar.htm">two wild and crazy Czechoslovakian brothers</a>. <b>But wait—the mystery deepens!</b> <i>Is there a Hindustani connection involving a Portuguese-Indian sailor? </i>The arcane story of the first World music and how it changed American vernacular musics. Details within, along with tunings, tabs and the universe of resophonic, lap and pedal steel guitars… tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.15837 Tue, 26 Mar 2002 22:59:15 -0800 Blues Dobro Guitar Hawaiian Music Resophonic Slide y2karl